Stott Hall Farm, viewed from Moorland above westbound carriagewayStott Hall Farm (53°38′30″N 1°57′08″W / 53.641599°N 1.952222°W / 53.641599; -1.952222 (Stott Hall Farm)) is an 18th-century farm on Windy Hill, situated between the two carriageways of the motorway between junctions 22 and 23.[20][31][32] The road forks around the farm for engineering reasons owing to the surrounding area’s geology, though a local myth persists that the road had to be split because the owners refused to sell the land during its construction.[20] This is not the case since the owners could have been obliged to sell via a compulsory purchase order. Due to its remoteness in the Pennines, the farm is often nicknamed as “the Little House on the Prairie”. The farm is now separated from the motorway by crash barriers and a high fence to keep livestock in and drivers out, after some stranded motorists attempted to get aid when broken down.[20][33] The farm, which was occupied by Ken and Beth Wild at the time of the motorway’s opening,[31] is now farmed by Paul Thorp.[20] Due to its unusualness, it is one of the ten best-known sights from the motorway network[34] and one of the best-known sights in West Yorkshire.[33] The farm was used as a location for an early episode of ITV drama series, Where the Heart Is and has been the subject of a short documentary f
G8YMW:
DeeDah Land is where people talk in Morse Code, just to the North of Dronfield. I spent 20 years working at Staveley.
EH!!!
Dronfield - lower Sheffield,like to think they are better than dee-dahs 'cos they live in Derbyshire - they still have a Sheffield postcode though Different dialect in Staveley,than Dronners.That’s where they wipe their feet when they come out of t’houses.
What’s tha mean Morse bloody Code?
Cherry Blossom Roundabout is formally known as the Hogarth Roundabout, I always refer to it as the Cherry Blossom though.
Wheelnut, PratoJohn
Bolsover, I used to run offal from Chesterfield to Canterbury & as the M1 was all dug up we used to run through Bolsover & across to Newark, proper Colin McRae roads with a V8 Scania & no limiter anyway to climb the big hill at Bolsover we used to roar up from the bottom in the gear that would get us over the top, changing half way up with a load of offal could mess things right up as the load slopped around, as you climb the hill there’s a big wall on your left & the fallen leaves used to build up against it, my 144 was LHD & the exhaust blew out just behind the nearside front wheel, it used to blow the leaves everywhere, if anyone was walking up the hill they used to do a funny hop as I passed them when the roaring V8 exhaust gases hit the backs of their legs, never failed to amuse me
A lot of the old junctions on the North & South Circular were named, like the Crooked Billet, Staples Corner etc, like the roundabouts on the A1 many have now been bypassed (overpassed) Sterling Corner, Bignalls Corner, Black Cat, Norman Cross etc
I know I’m getting old now, but these old reference points gave the roads character, now it’s just a line on a sat-nav screen
Sheepshag. I thought I’d randomly invented that when I first used it, but everyone always seems to know where I mean…
We have a Norman’s Corner on Teesside, since one of our drivers (now retired) laid down in his wagon and had a kip on it. It’s where the A174w meets the A19s.
There are also a few on the A19 itself. Magrat’s, which is explained elsewhere… Clagg Bank… Tommy [zb]wits (used to have a yellow sign saying “Tommy Trucker’s” before it fell, and was at one point run by Pete the Paedo)…Exelby (Nowhere near the village, which is north of Thirsk on the A1, but the people who own the garages there called themselves afterthe village and it stuck - they run Golden Fleece as well, btw)… Knayton Chicken Farm (The bit behind the trees within walking distance of what used to be the Southbound Cafe)… And so on…
G8YMW:
Yes Renaultman, Snake Pass is the A57, probably got its name from the Snake Inn (Unless someone knows different)
Utcheter is the local name for Uttoxeter
For Chris Webb I think the greeting is
Dah Den Dee Dah Ow a Tha?
The Dukes of Devonshire,Cavendish family whose seat is Chatsworth House in Derbyshire owned the land around the Snake Pass.The Arms of the family has an entwined snake in it so that is why it’s called the Snake Pass.Some folk reckoned it was because the A57 twisted like a snake and you can’t blame 'em for that If you look on the outside of the Snake Inn you will see the Arms of the Cavendish family.Don’t bother going toneet though.
History lesson ovver,
Al sithee
Different dialect in Staveley,than Dronners.That’s where they wipe their feet when they come out of t’houses.
anyway to climb the big hill at Bolsover we used to roar up from the bottom in the gear that would get us over the top, changing half way up with a load of offal could mess things right up as the load slopped around, as you climb the hill there’s a big wall on your left & the fallen leaves used to build up against it, my 144 was LHD & the exhaust blew out just behind the nearside front wheel, it used to blow the leaves everywhere, if anyone was walking up the hill they used to do a funny hop as I passed them when the roaring V8 exhaust gases hit the backs of their legs, never failed to amuse me 
If you look on the outside of the Snake Inn you will see the Arms of the Cavendish family.Don’t bother going toneet though.